CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Feb. 12, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Terra Dotta, the leader in higher education travel, study abroad and international program management solutions, today announced significant year-over-year growth and 2020 expansion plans. Specifically, the company experienced a 50 percent increase in new higher education clients, including the Medical University of South Carolina, Illinois Institute of Technology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, University of Vermont, and many more. Responding to elevated industry demand, Terra Dotta plans to expand its workforce by 30 percent across development, sales, operations and customer success departments in the coming year.
"As colleges and universities look to maximize the opportunities and value of delivering globalized education to their students, it is our mission to help them ensure all inbound international students and outbound students traveling abroad receive the highest level of support and duty of care throughout their entire experience," said Anthony Rotoli, CEO, Terra Dotta. "We look forward to continuing to help our clients deliver best-practice international and education abroad programs through an unrivaled cloud-based solution that provides the right balance of transparency and automation."
Over the past year, Terra Dotta achieved a 65 percent jump in adoption of its outbound Study Abroad solutions, including Terra Dotta's award-winning AlertTraveler® mobile app that automatically notifies students and faculty overseas when there is a critical local incident. Additionally, Terra Dotta saw a 33 percent increase for its inbound International Student and Scholar Services solution, and more than 140 percent growth for its Agreements Management solution.
Terra Dotta has been recognized over the last year for a number of industry and business successes including being named the #8 Fastest Growing company in North Carolina by Growjo and being named to the 2020 Triangle Tweeners list as a "Most Promising New Tweener" on the prestigious regional list of emerging companies. Also Rotoli was recently named to the North Carolina Technology Association's Board of Advisors.
Additionally in 2019, Campus Technology readers selected Terra Dotta as the Most Valuable Product in the Institution and one of the Top 5 Favorite Technologies Currently Used as part of Campus Technology's 2019 Readers' Choice Awards. And Terra Dotta's Travel Registry solution won a Gold Stevie® Award in the Postsecondary Enterprise Solution category of the 16th Annual International Business Awards.
"We are excited to kick off 2020 with such great momentum and look forward to adding to our team in Chapel Hill as we continue to help colleges and universities enable their outgoing and incoming education abroad programs with enterprise-grade cloud solutions," added Rotoli.
About Terra Dotta
Terra Dotta is the trusted leader in higher education travel, study abroad and international program management solutions. Over 600 universities and colleges use Terra Dotta's enterprise-grade cloud solutions and mobile apps to automate and streamline all aspects of global collegiate travel and international student programs. The company's solutions and expertise help higher education teams optimize study abroad and international programs enrollment, deliver real-time, GPS-driven travel communication for students and faculty, and ensure compliance and risk mitigation for international travel/scholar programs worldwide. Terra Dotta is based in Chapel Hill, N.C. and can be found at http://www.terradotta.com.
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